Giorgi Tsitaishvili

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Giorgi Tsitaishvili
Heorhiy Tsitaishvili Lech Poznan 2022 rozgrzewka (cropped).jpg
Tsitaishvili with Lech Poznań in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-11-18) 18 November 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Rishon LeZion, Israel
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
Granada
(on loan from Dynamo Kyiv)
Number 11
Youth career
2012–2018 Dynamo Kyiv
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018– Dynamo Kyiv 19 (0)
2021Vorskla Poltava (loan) 4 (1)
2021–2022Chornomorets Odesa (loan) 13 (1)
2022Wisła Kraków (loan) 7 (1)
2022–2023Lech Poznań (loan) 12 (1)
2022–2023Lech Poznań II (loan) 5 (0)
2023–2024Dinamo Batumi (loan) 34 (5)
2024–Granada (loan) 15 (1)
International career
2017 Ukraine U17 2 (0)
2018 Ukraine U18 2 (0)
2018–2019 Ukraine U19 12 (5)
2019 Ukraine U20 5 (1)
2019–2020 Ukraine U21 8 (2)
2023 Georgia U21 4 (1)
2021– Georgia 23 (1)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Winner 2019 Poland
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 November 2024

Giorgi Tsitaishvili ( Order of Honor ) (Ukrainian : Георгій Климентійович Цітаїшвілі, romanized: Heorhii Klymentiiovych Tsitaishvili; Georgian :გიორგი წიტაიშვილი; born 18 November 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Segunda División club Granada, on loan from Ukrainian Premier League club Dynamo Kyiv. Born in Israel, he plays for the Georgia national team.

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Early life

Tsitaishvili, who is Georgian of Ukrainian descent through his grandmother, [1] was born in Rishon LeZion, Israel. At the time, his father, Klimenti Tsitaishvili, was a footballer playing for Hapoel Rishon LeZion. He is a product of the Dynamo Kyiv youth sportive school. [2]

Club career

Dynamo Kyiv

Tsitaishvili playing for Dynamo Kyiv in 2019 Tsitaishvili2019.jpg
Tsitaishvili playing for Dynamo Kyiv in 2019

Tsitaishvili made his debut for Dynamo in the 2018 Ukrainian Cup Final on 9 May 2018, playing in a match against Shaktar Donetsk. [3] The following season he made his European debut, when he came on as a substitute in Dynamo's 1–0 away loss to FK Jablonec in the UEFA Europa League.

Loan spells in Ukraine

On 20 December 2020, the manager of Vorskla Poltava, Yuriy Maksymov, announced that Tsitaishvili would be joining his club on a temporary basis. [4]

In July 2021, he moved on loan to Chornomorets Odesa. [5] On 25 July 2021, he made his league debut for Chornomorets in a 3–0 away loss against Desna Chernihiv at the Chernihiv Stadium. [6]

Loan spells in Poland

On 7 March 2022, following the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, FIFA announced all the contracts of foreign players in Ukraine would be suspended until 30 June 2022 and they are allowed to sign with clubs outside Ukraine until 30 June 2022. [7] On 6 April 2022, Tsitaishvili moved to Polish Ekstraklasa side Wisła Kraków on a loan until the end of the season. [8] He appeared in seven league games, scoring one goal, before leaving the relegated team on 7 June 2022.

In late June, he left Dynamo's pre-season camp to return to Poland and join defending champions Lech Poznań on a one-year loan spell. [9] On 9 July 2022, he made his competitive debut for Lech as a starter in a 2–0 Polish Super Cup loss against Raków Częstochowa. [10]

Loan to Dinamo Batumi

In early July 2023, Erovnuli Liga club Dinamo Batumi announced signing Tsitaishvili on a year-long loan deal. [11] He made a debut with Dinamo in a UEFA Europa Conference League game against Tirana on 13 July 2023. [12] Later the same year, the player won the league title with this club.

Loan to Granada

On 26 July 2024, Tsitaishvili joined Spanish Segunda División side Granada on a one-year loan deal. [13] On 15 August, he took part in an opening match of the season against Albacete.

On 29 September 2024, Tsitaishvili scored his first Spanish goal in a 2-2 draw against Burgos. [14]

International career

Tsitaishvili was part of the Ukraine national under-20 football team that won the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He played in five of his team's seven matches in the tournament, and scored a goal in the final against South Korea.

At senior level, he switched his allegiance to Georgia. He made his debut for the Georgia national team on 2 September 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Kosovo, starting and playing the full match in a 1–0 home loss. [15]

On 26 September 2022, Tsitaishvili scored for the first time for the team in a UEFA Nations League match against Gibraltar to make it 2–0. [16]

Tsitaishvili participated in all four matches of the 2023 European U21 Championship, co-hosted by Georgia. He came off the bench and scored after six minutes against Belgium in a dramatic 2–2 draw. [17]

Tsitaishvili also took part in both of Georgia's UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying play-off, helping the team qualify for their first major competition. Two months later, he received a call-up for Georgia's squad for the final tournament. [18]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 14 December 2024 [19]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] ContinentalOtherTotal
LeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dynamo Kyiv 2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League 0010000010
2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League50001 [b] 00060
2019–20 Ukrainian Premier League100101 [b] 01 [c] 0130
2020–21 Ukrainian Premier League4000000040
Total190202010240
Vorskla Poltava (loan) 2020–21 Ukrainian Premier League41000041
Chornomorets Odesa (loan) 2021–22 Ukrainian Premier League1312000151
Wisła Kraków (loan) 2021–22 Ekstraklasa 710071
Lech Poznań (loan) 2022–23 Ekstraklasa1211010 [d] 01 [e] 0241
Lech Poznań II (loan) 2022–23 II liga 500050
Dinamo Batumi (loan) 2023 Erovnuli Liga 174212 [f] 000215
2024 Erovnuli Liga171000000171
Total345212000386
Granada (loan) 2024–25 Segunda División 15120171
Career total10910911402013411
  1. Includes Ukrainian Cup, Polish Cup, Georgian Cup, Copa del Rey
  2. 1 2 Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  3. Appearance in Ukrainian Super Cup
  4. One appearance in UEFA Champions League, nine appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  5. Appearance in Polish Super Cup
  6. Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of match played 16 November 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Georgia 202120
2022111
202310
202490
Total231
Scores and results list Georgia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Tsitaishvili goal.
List of international goals scored by Giorgi Tsitaishvili
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
126 September 2022 Victoria Stadium, GibraltarFlag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar 2–02–1 2022–23 UEFA Nations League

Honours

Dynamo Kyiv

Dynamo Kyiv U19

Dinamo Batumi

Ukraine U20

Individual

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